Automotive American – Classic Vintage & Modern
Category: 2016
The annual Popham Classic Vehicle Rally is quite unique in that it also includes a fly in of vintage aircraft into the airfield. The turnout of both cars and vendors for the swap meet was the largest in recent years. Really good assortment of cars from all categories with American cars being particularly well represented. Gave the S10 a run out for the event, the weather was fine if a little chilly!
A compilation of some of the significant classic car stories in from Daniel Strohl at Hemmings
1. Ethanol-blended fuel amounts continue to rise.
2. Racing returns to Bonneville, though the salt depletion continues.
3. AACA and AACA Museum break off merger talks
4. SEMA battles EPA over motorsports
5. Auction records continue to fall.
6. Museums large and small close around the world.
These topics plus many others, can be found here
We took our annual jaunt to the classic car show at Popham Airfield which is a 40 minute drive from where we live. The weather outlook wasn’t great and impacted the turnout a little, but in the end the weather was pretty good, and the American attendance was of a good quality and a reasonable quantity. My favourite was a lovely blue 1947 Hudson Pickup
We took our annual New Years Day jaunt to the Phoenix Inn New Years Day Classic Car breakfast in nearby Phoenix Green. Not a huge amount of American iron but a great morning nonetheless!
